puff!

A spear stabbed in his throat like a ghost, hitting his throat, blocking the remaining half of his words in his throat. His eyes were wide open because of the severe pain, and the throat sounded. He instinctively reached out and grabbed the spear rod, and could clearly feel a blood arrow burst out from his throat and sprayed straight on the back of his body's hands.

All his strength disappeared quickly with the blood that was spewing out. He fell back straight and struggled for a few times before stopping. Before closing his eyes, the last scene he saw was a large group of cavalry whizzing past from a close distance, and rushed in through the city gate where the dead bodies were all over the ground...

"Jiyang... is over..." This was his last thought.

For the Jiyang rebels, this was a terrifying night. Their general He Xun led the main force to sneak attack the Jin army, trying to take advantage of the Jin army's distance and get stuck in a shortage of people and horses. He didn't have a firm foothold and hit them hard. Even if they couldn't defeat the enemy in one fell swoop, they could greatly damage the morale of the Jin army. This tactic itself was not wrong, but it was bad. He never dreamed that the Jin army was so fierce that he not only withstood their night attack, but also defeated the night attack troops with his backhand, but also launched a counterattack, and the whole family came into the city!

The defenders in the city were stunned. When they realized that they had already realized that the streets and alleys were covered with cavalry flying back and forth. These iron cans rode tall horses, wielding scimitars or long swords to rush back and forth on the streets, cutting all the living creatures blocking them. The fierceness made the rebels who stayed behind fear. He Xun took away all the soldiers who were fighting in the city when he launched a night attack. The people who stayed to guard the city were all old, weak and remnants. Where were the opponents of the Wuhuan cavalry who were like wolves and tigers? If the city gate was closed, they could still hold on for a while. The problem was that the city gate was now open, and the Wuhuan cavalry came in like a whirlwind, and there were a large number of fierce Jingzhou soldiers pouring in behind. There was no way to fight at all!

In despair, the defenders in the city threw down their weapons and surrendered. When the sun rose, no one in Jiyang City resisted, and this famous grain-producing land fell into the hands of the Jin army.

Li Rui fulfilled his promise, set up a large iron pot with a diameter of two meters in the city to cook breakfast by himself, and rewarded the brave soldiers who fought with extremely delicious dishes. As for the unlucky guy who was frightened by the enemy during the night attack last night, he was unfortunately ordered to squat into several rows, watching the brave soldiers who fought with great food and drink...

It is not very lethal and extremely insulting. I guess this breakfast will be enough for them to plan for the rest of their lives.

After taking Jiyang, Li Rui immediately sent cavalry to the surrounding townships to post announcements, telling everyone that the royal army had returned and that the rebels had been eliminated, and the big guys came back to serve the crops quickly. He also generously stated that if they came to the county town to register within five days, they would be rewarded with a hu of wheat!

The people didn't care much about whether the king's army came back. Anyway, they had no hope for the court and the army. But they were so moved that they would reward a hu of wheat after registering. They immediately ran to the county town to register. Li Rui was not vague. After registering, he immediately took out the grain from the grain warehouse and sent it to everyone. Each person had a hu of wheat, which was enough to be pounded and was only a little more. Many people who had grown the fields for their lifetime but had never eaten the grain they had grown, and they all said they had good luck. In just a few days, thousands of people came to register. Of course, more than half were not locals, and Li Rui didn't care. He sent the food when he came, and then arranged them to various forts to send them weapons and farm tools... Anyway, there are not many other things in Nanyang now, and these are the most.

In just a few days, five or six thousand people gathered, which is a great achievement.

Li Rui transferred a thousand new soldiers from Wancheng and asked them to help build roads, repair houses, and restrain the bodies. He said: "Do you do it well for me. After you take down the entire Nanyang, you will divide the land and houses for you. If you don't perform well, be careful that I will peel you off!"

When the new soldiers heard that there was hope of dividing land and houses, they were so excited that they screamed, and they were so hard at work.

Li Rui's harvest was quite a big harvest by building Jiyang, and he grabbed more than 80,000 hu of grain alone—most of which were wheat. There was no way. Wheat was really not popular these days. Before eating, it had to be ground into flour and fermented. How could ordinary people have so much time and energy? It would be great to eat rice with millet directly! However, Li Rui did not dislike it at all. He immediately ordered the recruitment of stonemasons to make millet dishes, and he wanted everyone to know how delicious wheat could be!

However, his wheat promotion career had to be put aside first, because Pei Wei was in big trouble.

Pei Wei's fight was far less smooth than him, and he kicked the iron plate in Rangcheng.

The one who guards Rangcheng was Wang Ru's cousin Wang Chang, a tough and fierce character. Rangcheng was a material transfer station for Wang Ru's army. Wang Ru naturally attached great importance to this kind of military strategist. Not only did he entrust his most trusted cousin to guard it himself, but he also left him four thousand infantry and one thousand cavalry. Seeing Pei Wei coming with three or four thousand people, the ruthless character took him out without thinking, and wanted to give Pei Wei a surprise.

As a result, Pei Wei gave him a surprise first, commanding the first regiment to rush towards him like a speeding iron wall. With just a rapid charge, Wang Chang's thousand cavalry was defeated. Even Wang Chang's own war horse was shot down. If he hadn't decisively pulled off a personal soldier and robbed the unlucky horse and fled, he would have died under the spear of the Wuhuan cavalry. This reckless battle caused Wang Chang to lose more than half of his cavalry, of which nearly 200 died in battle and more than 400 were captured, which was considered a trauma.

However, Pei Wei, who had a good start, failed to take down Rangcheng like Li Rui. After Wang Chang fled back to Rangcheng, he ordered the city gate to be blocked with stone strips. When the Jin army attacked, he used crossbows to roll wood and beat stones to resist stubbornly. At the same time, he converted several grain ships into warships. The hull was covered with wet mud and cruising on the river channel. He used strong crossbows to shoot rockets on the shore. Pei Wei directed the crossbows to shoot rockets at these hateful warships, but because the surface of the hull was covered with wet mud, it could not be burned at all. He was moving forward lightly and did not bring a crossbow cart at all. Besides, the bed crossbows and stone crossbows in the Nanyang Arsenal had long been transported away by Shi Le and Wang Ru, two calves, who wanted to take them, and for a moment, he had no choice but to take those broken ships!

Even those broken ships could not do anything, let alone the strong Rangcheng. Pei Wei knew that his advantage lies in field battles. Without large siege equipment to attack the siege city that such a ruthless person defended, it would be a death. He had to order to surround Rangcheng on three sides, and at the same time recruited civilians and craftsmen to collect wood everywhere to create siege equipment.

Of course, I have to report to Li Rui. I really can't take Rangcheng with this little person, but I can shake people!

Li Rui acted quickly and immediately led two thousand Jingzhou soldiers, two thousand new affiliated soldiers and Wuhuan cavalry to meet Pei Wei.

After arriving in Rangcheng, Li Rui learned about the situation from Pei Wei, and then went to a place just one arrow from Rangcheng to reconnaissance. After a long time, he said: "It's okay, the rebels rely on only a solid city wall. As long as they can smash the city wall, they have to kneel down and sing to conquer us."

Pei Wei frowned and said, "The city wall of Rangcheng is strong, so it is not easy to destroy! Besides, their warships have been cruising on the river. Our army has no crossbows, so we can't do anything about it, so we have never been able to surround Rangcheng to death..."

Li Rui said: "It's nothing difficult. If you come to the craftsman, I want to make some novel things to open my eyes to the rebels."

Pei Wei immediately summoned the craftsmen. Li Rui drew the drawings and asked them to make them accordingly, and ordered them to make them within twenty days.

The first weapon he wanted to build was a wooden cannon.

Yes, in Nanyang, he got some sulfur and saltpeter again, which means he can make gunpowder again.

It’s not enough to have gunpowder alone, but it also requires cannons. He can’t build the cannons that collapsed the city walls, but the cannons that smashed the broken ships that could only defend against bows and arrows were very easy to build. Hurry up and build them for him!

The second sharp weapon is the counterweight catapult.

This thing is the ultimate version of the trench machine. Whether it is the convenience of use or the range or power, it is much stronger than the human trench machine. For example, the largest trench machine made in the UK can hit a stone ball weighing 300 kilograms two hundred meters away. The city wall of Rangcheng is indeed solid, but no matter how strong it is, it is just a rammed earth wall, and it is impossible to withstand such a blow. It is a coincidence that Li Rui and a group of handicraft enthusiasts restored the counterweight trench machine together. Although it was just a little guy who could only throw a few kilograms of small stones, it was restored. He remembered every structure and component clearly, and immediately drew it out and asked the craftsmen to make it for him.

And just as he was busy building siege equipment, reinforcements were sent to Luoyang.

The first batch of reinforcements were led by Qiang Yu, two Wuhuan cavalry regiments and eight hundred Wuhuan cavalry. Their arrival made Li Rui, Pei Wei, Fu Sheng and others more confident. The combat effectiveness of the Wuhuan cavalry has been fully revealed in these battles. With these four cavalry regiments, they have the confidence to press the enemy who is several times more than his own to the ground in the field!

Before they could finish their happiness, the second batch of reinforcements arrived. The number of these batch of reinforcements was even more astonishing, not only five Wuhuan cavalry regiments, but also four thousand imperial guards!

Siqian, who can wear two layers of iron armor, hold a saber, rush back and forth in the enemy formation, and crumple the enemy into pieces like a meat grinder!

A strange force.
Chapter completed!